# London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH / EGKB)

**London Biggin Hill Airport** (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB) is a medium airport in London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1917. It has one runway, 1,806 m (5,925 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BQH / EGKB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: London, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1917
- Elevation: 182 m / 598 ft
- Coordinates: 51.3308, 0.0325
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,806 m / 5,925 ft
- Passengers: 4,002 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://bigginhillairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Biggin_Hill_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431935
- Weather station: EGKB
- Ident: EGKB

## Timeline

- 1917: London Biggin Hill Airport opens.
- 21 Sep 1980: 1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash. 7 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,806 m / 5,925 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 025° / 205° | yes |

- 03/21 slopes 1.0%: threshold 21 at 158 m / 517 ft, threshold 03 at 176 m / 577 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | 676 | Eurostat |
| 2006 | 220 | Eurostat |
| 2013 | 326 | Eurostat |
| 2014 | 497 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 644 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 627 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,318 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,674 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,262 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,845 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,612 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,002 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2022) | #2,980 of 3,974 | #605 in Europe | #45 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,806 m / 5,925 ft | =4,789 of 29,858 | #838 in Europe | #71 in GB |
| Elevation | 182 m / 598 ft | =25,401 of 43,403 | =2,400 in Europe | =52 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =114 in Europe | =19 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 129.405 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.680 |
| RDR | THAMES RDR | 132.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 134.805 |
| GND |  | 121.630 |

## Nearby airports

- [LCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglc.md) London City Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [NHT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egwu.md) RAF Northolt · 40 km / 25 mi
- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [FAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglf.md) Farnborough Airport · 57 km / 35 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #83

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkb/data